Browsing by Author "Wang, Jie"

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    Comparative genomics reveals insights into avian genome evolution and adaptation.
    (Science, 2014-12-12) Zhang, Guojie; Li, Cai; Li, Qiye; Li, Bo; Larkin, Denis M; Lee, Chul; Storz, Jay F; Antunes, Agostinho; Greenwold, Matthew J; Meredith, Robert W; Ödeen, Anders; Cui, Jie; Zhou, Qi; Xu, Luohao; Pan, Hailin; Wang, Zongji; Jin, Lijun; Zhang, Pei; Hu, Haofu; Yang, Wei; Hu, Jiang; Xiao, Jin; Yang, Zhikai; Liu, Yang; Xie, Qiaolin; Yu, Hao; Lian, Jinmin; Wen, Ping; Zhang, Fang; Li, Hui; Zeng, Yongli; Xiong, Zijun; Liu, Shiping; Zhou, Long; Huang, Zhiyong; An, Na; Wang, Jie; Zheng, Qiumei; Xiong, Yingqi; Wang, Guangbiao; Wang, Bo; Wang, Jingjing; Fan, Yu; da Fonseca, Rute R; Alfaro-Núñez, Alonzo; Schubert, Mikkel; Orlando, Ludovic; Mourier, Tobias; Howard, Jason T; Ganapathy, Ganeshkumar; Pfenning, Andreas; Whitney, Osceola; Rivas, Miriam V; Hara, Erina; Smith, Julia; Farré, Marta; Narayan, Jitendra; Slavov, Gancho; Romanov, Michael N; Borges, Rui; Borges, Rui; Machado, João Paulo; Khan, Imran; Springer, Mark S; Gatesy, John; Hoffmann, Federico G; Opazo, Juan C; Håstad, Olle; Sawyer, Roger H; Kim, Heebal; Kim, Kyu-Won; Kim, Hyeon Jeong; Cho, Seoae; Li, Ning; Huang, Yinhua; Bruford, Michael W; Zhan, Xiangjiang; Dixon, Andrew; Bertelsen, Mads F; Derryberry, Elizabeth; Warren, Wesley; Wilson, Richard K; Li, Shengbin; Ray, David A; Green, Richard E; O'Brien, Stephen J; Griffin, Darren; Johnson, Warren E; Haussler, David; Ryder, Oliver A; Willerslev, Eske; Graves, Gary R; Alström, Per; Fjeldså, Jon; Mindell, David P; Edwards, Scott V; Braun, Edward L; Rahbek, Carsten; Burt, David W; Houde, Peter; Zhang, Yong; Yang, Huanming; Wang, Jian; Avian Genome Consortium; Jarvis, Erich D; Gilbert, M Thomas P; Wang, Jun
    Birds are the most species-rich class of tetrapod vertebrates and have wide relevance across many research fields. We explored bird macroevolution using full genomes from 48 avian species representing all major extant clades. The avian genome is principally characterized by its constrained size, which predominantly arose because of lineage-specific erosion of repetitive elements, large segmental deletions, and gene loss. Avian genomes furthermore show a remarkably high degree of evolutionary stasis at the levels of nucleotide sequence, gene synteny, and chromosomal structure. Despite this pattern of conservation, we detected many non-neutral evolutionary changes in protein-coding genes and noncoding regions. These analyses reveal that pan-avian genomic diversity covaries with adaptations to different lifestyles and convergent evolution of traits.
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    Rab4 and Rab10 Oppositely Regulate AMPA Receptors Exocytosis and Structural Plasticity in Single Dendritic Spines
    (2016) Wang, Jie

    Membrane trafficking in dendritic spines is critical for regulating the number of channels and spine structure during synaptic plasticity. Here I report two small Rab GTPases, Rab4 and Rab10, oppositely regulate AMPA receptors (AMPARs) trafficking and structural plasticity of dendritic spines. Combining two-photon glutamate uncaging with two-photon fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy (2pFLIM), I found that Rab4 is transiently activated whereas Rab10 is persistently inactivated in the stimulated spines during structural long-term potentiation (sLTP). Inhibition of Rab4 signaling has no effect on GluA1 endocytosis but inhibits activity-dependent GluA1 exocytosis. Conversely, disruption of Rab10 signaling inhibits GluA1 endocytosis while enhancing activity-dependent GluA1 exocytosis. In summary, these results uncover a new mechanism to establish the specificity and directionality of AMPARs trafficking and sLTP via distinct regulations of Rab4 and Rab10 signaling.